Life of Pi- Literary Luminary

Samantha Ward
Literary Luminary
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
pg.42

I thought that the following two paragraph were interesting and they needed to be pointed out. 
       1st, paragraph 1, on pg.29. I chose this paragraph because it shows us the reality of humanity and how we are the most dangerous animal on the planet.
        2nd, paragraph 2 on pg. 42 . i chose this paragraph because it is a little known fact and it was interesting. 

Sonia - Life of Pi #1

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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

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     → Name: Sonia Tipteriu

     → Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
     → We Read 40 Pages

     → Pages For Next Time: Finish Book

     → Jobs For Next Time:

          > Ji Hyun: Discussion Director

          > Sam: Travel Tracer

          > Barak: Illustrator

          > Sonia: Vocabulary Enricher

     → My job for this meeting was Discussion Director. The following questions were made by me and were used in my group to spark discussion.

1. Who is the main character/protagonist? Describe him.
1. The main character is named Piscine Molitor Patel, and he is the narrator of the book, meaning the whole book is written in his perspective. Pi's family owns a zoo in Pondicherry, in India, and they live at the zoo as well so that they can maintain the zoo easily.
2. What was your favorite part in the section we read?
1. Personally, mine was when Pi's father showed Pi and his brother Ravi how animals are very dangerous. They traveled around the zoo, and their father told them what each animal could do to harm them, and even showed them a lamb being eaten by a tiger to make sure they learn a lesson. I really liked this part because I realized that their father really cared for his two sons and their safety, and so he taught them this lesson in a harsh way to prevent them from being harmed by a zoo animal. The message in this lesson is that although an animal might look friendly, animals are still animals and they are still dangerous, no matter what.
3. Where was the zoo located?
1. Pondicherry, in India.
4. How come Pi knew how to swim but the rest of his family did not?
1. Family friend Mamaji taught Pi how to swim at an early age, but his parents did not want to learn how to swim, and they did not teach Pi's older brother either.
5. How did Pi get his name - Piscine Molitor Patel?
1. He was named after Mamaji's favorite public swimming pool in Paris, which was called Piscine Molitor. Mamaji said that the water in both the indoor and outdoor pools was really clear and clean. The pools were very good quality and very professional, and that is why Mamaji really liked that place.
6. Why did Piscine dislike his name?
1. His name was always turned into different and annoying nicknames by his classmates and people around him. Soon, even teachers would accidentally call him "Pissing" instead of Piscine, so he got really annoyed and when he moved schools, he presented himself as "Pi".

Life of Pi - Summarizer

Life of Pi
Yann Martel
40/318
April 17, 2014
Jihyun Park
Job: Summarizer

Pi tells us about his life after that great adventure Then he goes back to his childhood in India Piscine Molitor Patel was named after a pool that is the favorite of Mamaji who is a family friend who love swimming. Pi's father used to own a hotel but now he own a zoo. He argues about how animals are in the wild aren't happier because they are free. Pi talks about when he was teased by his name Piscine with Pissing When he moved to another school, he started every class by introducing himself as Pi: 3.14 In the zoo, father  made his family watch a goat being eaten by the tiger and reminded Pi how dangerous all the animals are. This foreshadows that Pi would do something to the tiger.

Key Points

1. He thinks animals in the wild aren't happier than animals in the zoo because they are "free".
2. He is a problem solver because he found a cool nickname for himself because he didn't like it when people called him Pissing.
3. It foreshadows that Pi is going to do something to the tiger.

Discussion Director: THE HOBBIT.

Questions:       1. How did you feel when Bilbo was trying to escape Gollum?

                        Nurin- "Nervous and somewhat exciting because Bilbo did not know what to do."
                        Angela- "Terrifying because his mind was full of desicions"

                       
                       2. What do you think will happen when they reach their destination?
                 
                        Nurin- "There will be an even larger conflict there, which they will have to overome."
                        Angela- "someone will already be there, they will be in competition."

                       3. Why do you think Thorin is so wanting to go to the misty mountain?

                         Nurin- "To find their long lost treasure."
                         Angela- "Thorin is cheating them out, and that their is an alliance waiting for them at the                                                 mountain and will scam bilbo from their share"

The Hobbit #1

My main role was the Illustrator
Here is my illustration : 

My illustration is of The Hobbit, they described how the hobbit looks in the beginning of the book and so I had an immediate picture in my head of how it looks like so I decided to draw it. The hobbit is like a short human/dwarf person with a big fat stomach, they usually wear green and yellow, and they have lots of hair on their feet and its brown hairy and curly ( I didn't have any browns ).

Extra Credit : Connector
For my connection to the book is that when the dwarfs kept inviting themselves into Mr. Baggings house and I connected that when my friend Emily had a birthday party at the cinema's she posted it on Instagram and only her closest and school friends were invited, on the day of her party a lot of people came and they said that they were her friends friend, more kept coming but at some point it stopped, at least 15 more people came and we never noticed that they were probably just people from Instagram that follow her and live near her.

Nurin Yubazlan Post #1 THE HOBBIT

Nurin Yubazlan

Ms. Jennifer Nelson

English 7B

15^th April, 2014

               Literature Circles

Week: 2

The Book: The Hobbit

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Number of Pages: 306

Number of Chapters: 19

Number of Chapters and Pages Read: 6 chapters, from pg. 1-111

Number of Chapters and Pages to Read by Next Meeting: 6 chapters, from pg. 112-233

Group Members + Jobs from Last Meeting:

• Angela Craven- ILLUSTRATOR and CONNECTOR
• Danijel Micevic- DISCUSSION DIRECTOR
•  Nurin Yubazlan- VOCAB ENRICHER

Jobs for Next Meeting (3):

     

•      Angela Craven- LITERARY LUMINARY and VOCAB ENRICHER
•      Danijel Micevic- ILLUSTRATOR
•      Nurin Yubazlan- DISCUSSION DIRECTOR and CONNECTOR

VOCABULARY ENRICHER

From the last meeting, (last week) I got assigned to become the vocabulary enricher. My task was to find words that I found complicating and did not understand so that I can look it up and discuss with my group members; Angela and Danijel. To be honest from what I read, it was pretty hard to keep track of what was happening in the book because there were a lot of characters and some words were quite complicated but I believe that it’s great that I read something that’s a bit more challenging for me. There were a lot of words the author used that was complex so here is the list:

*I am very sorry that I did not put the sentence where I found all the words from. Next time, I will remember to write down where the word came from. I did not really have time to look up the words in the book*

          Blundering- Chapter #1, pg.2

Moving unsteadily; making a mistake through stupidity or carelessness

“There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come, blundering along" (Tolkien 2)

Prosy- Chapter #1, pg.5

            (Especially of speech or writing) showing no imagination; commonplace or dull.

         Throng- Chapter #1, pg.9

             A multitude of assembled people; a large number.

 

Porter - Chapter #1, pg.10

A person employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or airport.

Dreary- Chapter #2, pg.31

          Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

Quarrelling- Chapter #2, pg.33

To have an angry argument or disagreement.

Ogres- Chapter #5, pg.77

(In folklore) a man-eating giant.

Sheathed- Chapter #5, pg.84

           Put (a weapon such as a knife or sword) into a sheath,  encase (something) in a close                fitting or protective covering.

Menacingly- Chapter #5 pg.86

 Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

Trudge- Chapter #6, pg.97

             Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

Thyme- Chapter #6, pg.97

A low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil.

Boughs- Chapter #6, pg.100

             A main branch of a tree.

Clambered- Chapter #6, pg.101

Climb or move in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet.

Giddy- Chapter #6, pg.108

Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy.